We are recruiting early years musicians! Are you an early years musician or a musician with an interest in moving into early years music? We are looking for musicians who are keen to explore the world of early years music to take part in our Little Beats programme. Little Beats is a partnership project between […]
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Now you see me …
Our magnificent volunteer, Amanda, has not been able to join us on our current Special Delivery programme, but that hasn’t stopped her joining in the fun. Hopefully, she’ll be able to join us next term, when we’ll be working with two more Lowestoft primary schools.
Laminated likenesses
Who would think we could go from this … … to this? or from this … to this …? Photographs of the participants were printed onto sheets of acetate and then used as a template to draw round and decorate. These drawings, complete with embellishments of colourful lighting gels, phrases, names and, of course, the […]
Greetings and Goodbyes
This week, residents at Hildesley Court got to read the responses to the postcards they wrote last week to the Pakefield Primary school children. As Libby noted, it felt strange writing to someone she had never met, and part of the session was spent chatting about different ways of addressing letters, from ‘Dear Sir or […]
Special Delivery in Lowestoft
It was lovely to be back at Hildesley Court and Pakefield Primary school last week, for the first session of Special Delivery in Lowestoft. Working with community poet, Dean Parkin, we first went to Hildesley Court, where residents regaled us with stories of their first days at school. One adult recounted that, on her first […]
Partying in Pettaugh
On Sunday we held our very first Garden Party fundraiser in Pettaugh, and what a great day it was! As the sun shone, we welcomed friends and neighbours to the beautiful surroundings of Laffitt’s Hall for a day of Suffolk Artlink magic! The art marquee was a popular spot, giving visitors the chance to try […]
Little Beats is back
Thanks to a new grant of £27,417 from Youth Music, we are once again working with Suffolk Libraries to improve wellbeing, child development and musical engagement amongst pre-school children across the county. Little Beats 2 will be building on the first phase of the project which took place earlier this year. The new phase of […]
Brave Art is back! And this time it’s personal….
Last week saw the start of a new year of Brave Art, our arts course for adults with learning disabilities. After moving the course online last March, our staff, students and volunteers are thrilled to be back together again, creating in venues across Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich and Lowestoft. This year’s theme is ‘One World’. […]
Lowestoft Sandwich
As part of the recent Heritage Open Days, Special Delivery popped up at Lowestoft Record Offices for a one-off session exploring this year’s theme; Edible England with poet Dean Parkin. Dean welcomed locals to share their tales, past and present about buying and eating food in Lowestoft, as well as chatting about what people would […]
Edible England meets Special Delivery
On the 11th September at 10.30am, we will be popping up at Lowestoft Record Offices for a special one-off session as part of the Heritage Open Days. This year’s theme for the Heritage Open Days is Edible England, so we will be welcoming locals to share their tales, past and present about buying and eating […]